Archive for the ‘Vultures’ Category

• Hooded vulture

  Jun 7 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 62 Views | with Comments Off on Hooded vulture

  Hooded vulture – Necrosyrtes monachus – is a small resident African vulture of Type – diurnal-raptor, Family Accipitridae and Order Accipitriformes. It is widespread over s s Africa and in the AWB Region it is...

• Ruppell’s vulture

  Apr 24 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 68 Views | with Comments Off on Ruppell’s vulture

  Ruppell’s vulture – Gyps rueppelli – is a large resident African bird of prey, of Type – diurnal-raptor, Family Accipitridae and Order Accipitriformes. It is found all across a broad coast to coast Sahel...

• Bearded vulture

  Mar 9 | Eagles+, Lammergeiers, Vultures | Little Stint | 138 Views | with Comments Off on Bearded vulture

  Bearded vulture – Gypaetus barbatus – also known as Lammergeier – on this site...

• Himalayan Griffon Vulture

  Jun 22 | Eagles+, Griffons, Vultures | Little Stint | 1252 Views | with No Comments

  Himalayan Griffon Vulture – Gyps himalayensis – is one of the largest Old World vultures and is native to the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan Plateau. It is in the Family Accipitridae, the Order Accipitriformes...

• Vultures

  Jun 22 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 1416 Views | with 2 Comments

  Vultures – Natures Rubbish Collectors who never Go On Strike, are part of the Family – Accipitridae  and the Order – Accipitriformes. they also include the Griffons, which previously were called Griffon...

• Lappet-faced Vulture

  Jun 20 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 1331 Views | with No Comments

  Lappet-faced vulture – Torgos tracheliotos – is a very large vulture of the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. It is sporadically distributed over much of none heavily...

• Cinereous Vulture

  Jun 20 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 1392 Views | with No Comments

  Cinereous Vulture – Aegypius monachus – also in Europe, known as the Black vulture, (but causes confusion with a US species of the same name) is a very large raptor of the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes...

• Egyptian Vulture

  Jun 20 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 1409 Views | with 1 Comment

  Egyptian vulture – Neophron percnopterus, is a small vulture of Type – diurnal-raptor, the Family Accipitridae, and the Order Accipitriformes. It is a summer breeder across SW Europe and the Maghreb, and also from SE...

• White-rumped Vulture

  Jan 8 | Eagles+, Vultures | Little Stint | 2976 Views | with No Comments

  White-rumped vulture – Gyps bengalensis – is a medium sized vulture of the Family Accipitridae, the Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor. It is native to the Oriental Region, but in the AWB...

• Eurasian Griffon Vulture

  Jan 8 | Eagles+, Griffons, Vultures | Little Stint | 2682 Views | with No Comments

  Eurasian Griffon Vulture – Gyps fulvus is a large vulture of the Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes and is of Type – diurnal-raptor – It’s range is a complicated patchwork of resident and migratory...